By:  Fraser                                                       S.B. No. 236
	(In the Senate - Filed January 21, 2003; February 5, 2003, 
read first time and referred to Committee on Natural Resources; 
March 3, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 9, Nays 1; March 3, 2003, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 236                                    By:  Fraser


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to exempting landowners and certain other persons from the 
requirement of obtaining a hunting license to hunt feral hogs on the 
landowners' property.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 42.002, Parks and Wildlife Code, is 
amended by amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to 
read as follows:
	(a)  Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (b) and 
(c) of this section, no resident may hunt any bird or animal in this 
state without having acquired a hunting license.
	(c)  The commission may not require a landowner and contract 
managers to have a hunting license to hunt a feral hog on the 
landowner's property.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.



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